You have to laugh at the notion of projecting the NCAA tournament field, seedings, and pairings before the season starts. But, for what it's worth (not much) Joe Lunardi's first "Bracketology" for the season lists MU as one of the "first four out" of the tournament field. He also has 8 Big East teams in the field. Lunardi must think a little more highly of MU than the Big East coaches.